Okay, I've been putting this off for months now but here it is. Here is my short story, this is the first ever short story that I have written. This is the first thing that I have written that I have been brave enough to post to the public. I am putting myself out there because I have to, well I have to eventually and someone once said "there's no time like the present." And yes I know that isn't the entire quote but oh well, here is my short story. I hope you enjoy and please be nice, my feeling are very fragile right now.

Happy Reading.

-Ashley

Fines Terrae (Ends of Earth)

Jewel sat staring out the window. She never expected the apocalypse to look like this; she expected the burning, collapsed buildings and people running around like chickens with their heads cut off and all the screaming but not aliens.

There was a noise behind her making her flinch. “What are you doing? Didn’t you hear me calling you?” Her twin brother Jeff said making her blush from embarrassment. “Sorry, no I didn’t hear you. How could I with all of that going on outside?” She replied gesturing towards the outside world behind the window. “Whatever, we have to get going, there was a bioship spotted coming this way.”

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